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Politics● Low38m ago · Nov 13, 2026, 4:03 PM

DOJ instructs its agencies to ‘prioritize’ English over all other languages

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

The Justice Department on Friday published a memo designating English as the official language of the agency. “Though not officially designated in the past, English has been our common language since before this Nation’s founding,” the Justice Department wrote in the document posted to the Federal Register, offering public comment over the next 60 days.…

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